Double hook fish lure



' June 8, 1954 o. D. PREMO 2,680,321

' DOUBLE HOOK FISH LURE Original Filed June 6, 1947 as if Zinnentor 0008/ D. Frame fig/ ee (Ittomegs Patented June 8, 1954 DOUBLE HOOK FISH LURE Owen D. Premo, Muskegon Heights, Mich.

Original application Ju Divided and ne 6, 1947, Serial No. this application October 4, 1949, Serial No. 119,486

1 Claim.

This invention relates to fishing tackle, and in particular to fish lures.

The object of this invention is to provide a fish lure consisting of a fish hook having a line attachment portion, such as an eye, at one end of its shank and also having an auxiliary eye secured to the shank adjacent the line attachment portion, and a second hook connected to the auxiliary eye.

This application is a division of my co-pending application Serial [No. 753,110 filed June 6, 1947 for Fish Lure, now abandoned.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fish lure according to one form of the invention wherein a single smaller hook is attached to an eye on the shank of a larger hook;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of a fish lure frame or support, according to a further modification of the invention, wherein various combinations of hooks or fish-attracting objects may be attached and interchanged;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the fish lure frame shown in Figure 2 with an attached hook shown in dotted lines;

Figure 4 is a right-hand side elevation of a fish lure shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, Figure 1 shows a fish lure, generally designated 35, according to one form of ing of a large hook I I having a shank I2 and a bight or hook portion I3 terminating in the usual barbed point I4. The shank I2 at its opposite end terminates in a main eye I5 to which the fishing line, leader, swivel or the like is attached, whichever is used. Also secured to the shank I2 adjacent the eye I5 is an auxiliary eye I6. The auxiliary eye I 6 is mounted in the plane of the hook portion I3, shank I2 and point I4 of the main hook II, but on the opposite side of the shank I2 from the point I4. The auxiliary eye I 6 is secured in any suitable manner, such as by brazing, silver soldering or welding at the points I8 and I9. A smaller hook 36 has its eye 3? mounted upon the auxiliary eye I6 and has its bight or hook portion 38 facing in the opposite direction from the hook portion I3 of the main hook II.

In the operation of the invention, the fishing line is attached to the eye I5, either with or without the swivel and leader. If desired, a live bait is threaded upon the hook portion I3 or 38 or both. The lure is then used in the usual way either in trolling or casting or in still fishing, withor without a float or bob. If the fish the invention as consist- 2 strikes at the bait on either of the hooks II or 36, it is impaled upon the barb of the hook por- 38 and is landed entire lure in his mouth, including both of the hooks II and 36.

The modification, generally designated 46, shown in Figures 2 and 3, consists of a frame or lure support having a shank 4| with eyes 42 and 43 at its opposite ends and a third or auxiliary eye 44 secured, as by welding, adjacent the eye 42. This frame 40 enables the fisherman to make up his own combination lure, merely by attaching single, double, treble or gang hooks to the eye 43, and also to the eye 44, if he so desires. The line is attached to the eye 42, either with or without a swivel or leader. The attachment of the various hooks or fish attracting objects is made merely by spreading the gap in the eyes 43 or 44 by inserting a knife blade, the gap being afterward closed up with pliers. For purposes of illustration, a hook 45 is shown in chain lines (Figure 3) attached to the auxiliary eye 44.

The advantage of having the auxiliary hook 36 pivoted to the eye I6 is that this auxiliary hook 36 is movable with respect to the main hook II so that the hook 36 can be baited the full length of its shank and hook portion 36. Moreover, although the auxiliary hook 36 is movable, such motion is restricted by the eye I6 so that the auxiliary hook 36 can never interfere with the point I4 of the main hook I I. The reason for this restriction of motion is the fact that the eye I6 is attached to the shank I2 of the main hook and is in approximately the same plane as the shank I2 and barbed point I4 of the main hook but on the opposite side therefrom. Finally, since the eye It is separate from the line attachment eye I5 of the main hook, the auxiliary hook 36 may move more freely without obstruction from any other part of the fish lure and without obstructing the line or being obstructed by it.

What I claim is:

, A fish lure comprising a main fish hook including an elongated shank having at one end a pointed bend projecting therefrom and at the other end a main eye for the attachment of a fish line, an auxiliary eye fixedly secured to said shank adjacent said main eye on the opposite side of said shank from said bend and disposed remote from said bend, an auxiliary fish hook having an eye thereon pivotally secured to said auxiliary eye, said auxiliary fish hook having a pointed bend projecting outwardly away from said shank in a direction opposite to the direction of projection of said main hook bend, the main eye being in a plane at a right angle to the plane of the auxiliary eye, said auxiliary eye being completely below the main eye and having a shank secured in parallel relation to the elongated shank, and said auxiliary hook having its bight normally located between the bight and eye of the main hook.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Number Number Name Date Provoost Nov. 18, 1890 Southwell Aug. 30, 1932 Jennings Mar. 26, 1935 Franks July 29, 1941 Sisson Feb. 10, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date France Oct. 4, 1943 

